Zotero is research support system that works with your Internet browser to help you capture bibliographic information from online and offline sources, organize this information in collections or by keywords, highlight and take notes, and then export citations in a variety of bibliographic formats into web pages or word processing documents. Cool Tools Vidcast: Zotero, produced by the University of San Jose School of Information provides a nice introduction to the tool. They also produced a podcast, which goes more indepth about Zotero's features.
What Should I Be Able To Do With Zotero?
To make Zotero work for you as a student, you should be able to:
Access and install Firefox on your computer.
Access and install Zotero in Firefox on your computer.
Add references to Zotero for web pages, journal articles, and books.
Create and utilize a Zotero online account.
Drag and Drop from the Zotero window to add citations and references from Zotero into a Wikispace or Google Docs page.
Install the Zotero MSWord or OpenOffice Template so that you can use Zotero to generate bibliographies as your write in your word processor.
Adding Zotero to Your Browser
Once you're using Firefox, you can install Zotero on your computer.
www.zotero.org - Go to the Zotero site and click on the "Download" button to download and install the Zotero extension and helper application for your browser.
Watch some of the videos on the Zotero site to learn how to use the application.
Saving, Organizing, and Using Zotero References
The Zotero website features several videos to help you use Zotero to do research.
Zotero is research support system that works with your Internet browser to help you capture bibliographic information from online and offline sources, organize this information in collections or by keywords, highlight and take notes, and then export citations in a variety of bibliographic formats into web pages or word processing documents. Cool Tools Vidcast: Zotero, produced by the University of San Jose School of Information provides a nice introduction to the tool. They also produced a podcast, which goes more indepth about Zotero's features.
What Should I Be Able To Do With Zotero?
To make Zotero work for you as a student, you should be able to:Adding Zotero to Your Browser
Once you're using Firefox, you can install Zotero on your computer.Saving, Organizing, and Using Zotero References
The Zotero website features several videos to help you use Zotero to do research.